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EU takes Poland to court over logging in pristine forest

Thu, 13/07/2017 - 14:10

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - The European Union is taking legal action
against Poland for allowing continued and increased logging in
the pristine Bialowieza forest, which is listed as a UNESCO
World Heritage site, AP reported.
The European Commission said Thursday that such is the urgency
that it is seeking an interim measure from the EU Court of
Justice to suspend the cutting down of trees "immediately."
Agata Szafraniuk of the ClientEarth environmental group said
that "decisive and immediate action is the only way to avoid
irreversible damage to this ancient forest." Poland's government
has said that increased logging is only carried out in younger
sections traditionally used for timber production and that it
fights bark beetle infestations in line with EU laws.
(ANSA).

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